Antibiotics zorbonomycin and zorbonomycin b and process for the preparation thereof

ABSTRACT

ANTIBIOTIC ZORBONOMYCIN AND ZORBONOMYCIN B PRODUCIBLE BY CULTURING STEREPTOMYCES BIKINIENS IS VAR. ZORBONENISIS VAR. NOVA. IN AN AQUEOUS NUTRIENT MEDIUM. THESE ANTIBIOTICS INHIBIT THE GROWTH OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS AND OTHER MICROORGANISMS, AND CAN BE USED TO INHIBIT SUCH MICROORGANISMS IN VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTS.

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OPTICAL ROTARY DISPERSION OF ZORBONOMYCIN HYDROCHLORIDE.

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OPTICAL ROTARY'DISPERSION 0F ZORBONOMYCIN HYDROCHLORIDE. (IN METHANOL zi I/\ ALEXANDER D. ARGOUDELIS MALCOLM E. BERGY THOMAS R. PYKE VENTORS ATTORNEY June 4, 1974 Filed Oct. 9

FIGURE 5. THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY OF ZORBONOMYCIN HYDROCHLORIDE AND PHLEOMYCIN.

A. D. ARGOUDELIS ET AL ANTIBIOTICS ZOKBONOMYCIN m) ZORBONOMYCIN 8 AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF 11 Sheets-Sheet b ZOR BONOMYC IN HYDROCHLORIDE 0.05 mcg.

ZORBONOMYCIN HYDROCHLORIDE 0.05-I ncg. AND PHLEOMYCIN 0.1 mcg.

PHLEOMYCIN 0.1 mcg.

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ANTIBIOTICS ZQRBONQMYC-IN AND ZORBONOMYCIN B AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF Filed Oct. 9, 1969 ll SheetsSheet 11 ALEXANDER D. ARGOUDELIS MALCOLM E. BERGY THOMAS R. PYKE INVENTORS ATTORNEY 1 Patented June 4, 1974 US. Cl. 424-117 '11 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Antibiotics zorbonomycin and zorbonomycin B producible by culturing StreptOmyces bikiniensz's var. zorbonensis var. nova. in an aqueous nutrient medium. These antibiotics inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus aureus and other microorganisms, and can be used to inhibit such microorganisms in various environments.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION zorbonomycin (U-30,604E) and zorbonomycin B (U- 32,l6'6E) are producible by culturing a zorbonomycinproducing actinomycete in an aqueous nutrient medium. These compounds have the property of adversely affecting the growth of various Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, for example, Staphylococcus aureus, Esqherichia coll, Klebsiella penumoniae, Salmonella typhosa, and Aerobacter aerogenes. Zorbonomycin is also active against various fungi, for example, Geotriclzum sp., Blastomyces dermatitidis, Coccidiodes immitis. Cryptococcus neoformans, Histoplasma capsulatum, Sporotrichum schenkii, Monosporium apiospermum, Trichophyton rubrum, and Trz'chophyton violaceum. Accordingly, the novel antibiotics of the subject invention can be used alone or in combination with other antibiotic agents to prevent the growth of, or reduce the number of bacteria and fungi, as disclosed above, in various environments. For example, they can be used as disinfectants on various dental and medical equipment contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus. zorbonomycin can be used as an anti-fungal agent in industrial preservatives, for example, as an anti-fungal rinse for laundered clothes, and for impregnating papers and fabrics. Also, it can be used for suppresing the fungal growth of sensitive organisms in plate assays and other biological media.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1, infrared absorption spectrum of zorbonomycin hydrochloride.

FIG. 2, ultraviolet absorption spectrum of zorbonomycin hydrochloride.

FIG. 3, optical rotary dispersion curve or zorbonomycin hydrochloride in water.

FIG. 4, optical rotary dispersion curve of zorbonomycin hydrochloride in methanol.

FIG. 5, thin-layer chromatography of zorbonomycin hydrochloride.

FIG. 6, infrared absorption spectrum of copper-free zorbonomycin hydrochloride.

FIG. 7, NMR spectrum of copper-free zorbonomycin hydrochloride.

FIG. 8, infrared absorption spectrum of zorbonomycin B hydrochloride.

FIG. 9 thin-layer chromatography of zorbonomycin B hydrochloride.

FIG. 10, infrared absorption spectrum of copper-free zorbonomycin B hydrochloride.

FIG. 11, NMR spectrum of copper-free zorbonomycin B hydrochloride.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Chemical and physical properties of zorbonomycin as the hydrochloride salt Elemental analysis: Average found values: C, 42.48; H, 5.92; N, 16.16; S, 3.81; Cu, 3.86; CI, 4.26; O (by ditf.), 23.51.

Molecular weight: 677 (determined by vapor pressure measurement in absolute methanol).

Molecular formula:

1. Based on sulfur analysis 2. Based on chlorine analysis 3. Based on nitrogen analysis 5s.1 97.s 19 24 1.9s 1.9a

Based on the above, the following empirical formula is proposed:

Optical rotation: [u] 5= +247 (c., 0.58, water).

Solubilities: Zorbonomycin-HCl is highly soluble in water and methanol. It has limited solubility in absolute ethanol and other lower alcohols. It is relatively insoluble in acetone, ethyl acetate, chlorinated hydrocarbons, and saturated hydrocarbon solvents.

Infrared spectrum: The infrared absorption spectrum of zorbonomycin hydrochloride suspended in mineral oil mull is reproduced in FIG. 1 of the drawing. Zorbonomycin hydrochloride gives bands of the following wave lengths expressed in reciprocal centimeters:

3300 (s 1150 (M) 2930 s (oil) 1132 (M) 2840 s (oil) 1100 s 1650 s 1015 (M) 1575 (s) 990 (M) 1460 5 (oil) 863 w 1375 (s) (oil) 808 (M) Infrared absorption band intensities throughout this disclosure are indicated as S, M, and W, respectively, and are approximated in terms of the backgrounds in the vicinity of the bands. An 8 band is of the same order of intensity as the strongest in the spectrum; M bands are between one-third and two-thirds as intense as the strongest band, and W bands are less than one-third as intense as the strongest hand. These estimates are made on the basis of a percent transmission scale. Also, the designation sh appearing after a band reading denotes a shoulder type of band.

Ultraviolet spectrum: Zorbonomycin hydrochloride has the following U.V. absorption spectrum in methanol:

The U.V. absorption spectrum of zorbonomycin, in methanol, is also shown in FIG. 2 of the drawing.

Titration: In water with HCl or KOH: indeterminate. In glacial acetic acid with HClO =equivalent weight :595.

Optical rotary dispersion: Zorbonomycin hydrochloride has characteristic optical rotary dispersion curves as shown in FIGS. 3 (in water) and 4 (in methanol) of the drawing.

Thin-layer chromatography: Zorbonomycin hydrochloride has a characteristic chromatographic pattern as shown by thin-layer chromatography in FIG. 5 of the drawing. The thin-layer chromatography was conducted on MN-Polygram Cellulose 300 (Sold by Brinkmann Instruments, Inc.) using 0.1 M aqueous NH4C1 as the developing solvent. Zorbonomycin is clearly distinguishable from the phleomycin group of antibiotics.

CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF COP- PER-FREE ZORBONOMYCIN HYDROCHLORIDE 1. Max. (m a 234 16.97

Infrared spectrum: The infrared absorption spectrum of copper-free zorbonomycin hydrochloride salt suspended in mineral oil mull is reproduced in FIG. 6 of the drawing. Copper-free zorbonomycin hydrochloric salt gives bands at the following wave lengths expressed in reciprocal centimeters:

330 (S) 1545 (S) 1105 (S) 3200 (S) (sh) 1515 (S) (broad) 1055 (S) 2920 (S) (oil) 1455 (S) (oil) 1020 (S) 2850 (S) (oil) 1375 (S) (oil) 988 (M) 1690 (5) (sh) 1260 (M) 807 (M) 1655 (S) 1210 (M) (broad)720 (S) 1550 (S) (sh) 1130 (M) (broad) Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR): Copper-free zorbonomycin hydrochloride has a characteristic NMR spec trum as shown in FIG. 7 of the accompanying drawing. The NMR-spectrum was observed on a Varian A-60 spectrometer on a solution (ca. 0.5 ml., ca. concentration) of the sample of copper-free zorbonomycin hydrochloride indeuterium oxide (D 0). The spectrum was calibrated against internal tetramethylsilane and the precision of the A7 was .1 c.p.s.- Frequencies were recorded in c.p.s. downfieldfrom tetramethylsilane.

4- CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ZORBONOMYCIN B HYDROCHLORIDE Elemental analysis: Found: C, 42.26; H, 5.43; N, 1606; Cl, 4.32; S, 3.75; Cu, 3.81; O, 24.37 (by diff.); Ash, 5.01; H 0, 5.88.

Molecular formula:

Potentiometric titration: Equivalent weight=860 (determined in glacial acetic acid using perchlorc acid as titrant.)

U.V. spectrum.--In absolute methanol:

7t Max. a

293 12.63 308 (s1. sh.) 2 9.59 327 2.95 600 0.08

Infrared spectrum: The infrared absorption spectrum of zorbonomycin B hydrochloride suspended in a mineral oil mull is reproduced in FIG. 8 of the drawing. Zorbonomycin B hydrochloride, when suspended in a mineral oil mull, gives bands of the following wave lengths expressed in reciprocal centimeters:

3300 (S) 1505 (S) 1100 (M) 2940 (S) (Nujol) 1455 (S) 1055 (S) 2910 (S) (Nujol) 1370 (S) 1010 (S) 2845 (S) 1360 (S) 988 (S) 2720 (M) (sh) 1335 (S) 925 (M) 2670 (M) (sh) 1294 (S) 885 (W) 1715 (S) 1245 (M) 860 (W) 1662 (S) 1195 (M) 823 (M) 1635 (S) 1145 (M) 762 (M) 1545 (S) 1137 (M) 717 (M) 1515 (S) Zorbonomycin B hydrochloride, when pressed into a KBr pellet, gives bands at the following wave lengths expressed in reciprocal centimeters:

3360 (S) 1520 (S) 1100 (S) 3200 (S) (sh) 1455 (S) 1057 (S) 3125 (S) (sh) 1370 (S) 1016 (S) 2970 (M) 1335 (M) 990 (S) 2930 (M) 1290 (M) 935 (W)v 1245 (M) 865 (W) 1717 (S) 1195 (M) 810 (W) 1655 (S) 1148 (M) 765 (M) 1587 (S) 1134 (M) 720 (M) Thin-layer chromatography: Zorbonomycin B hydrochloride is compared with the phleomycin complex in FIG. 9 of the accompany drawing. The thin-layer chromatography was conducted on MN-Polygram Cellulose 300 (Sold by Brinkmann Instruments, Inc.) using 0.2 M aqueous NH CI as the developing solvent. This thin-layer chromatogram clearly shows that zorbonomycin B hydrochloride is not a member of the phleomycin complex.

CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF COPPER FREE ZORBONOMYCIN B HYDRO- CHLORIDE Elemental analysis: Found: C, 43.73; H, 5.71; N, 16.20; Cl, 4.74; S, 4.26, Cu, 0.12.

Potentiometric titration: Equivalent weight=8l8 (Determined in glacial acetic acid using perchloric acid as the titrant.)

U.V. spectrum.--Iu absolute methanol:

7 Max. a

' 235 (s1. sh) 6.40

306 (s1. sh) 3.22 Molecular formula:

Infrared 'spectrumflhe infrared absorption spectrum of copper-free zorbonomycin B hydrochloride suspended in mineral oil mull is reproducedin FIG. 10'of'the drawing. Copper-free zorbonomycin B hydrochloride when suspended in a mineral oil mull, gives bands at the following wave lengths expressed in reciprocal centimeters; 3400 (S) (sh) 1515 (S) (broad) 1055 (S) 3330 (S) 1465-(S) (sh) 1025 (S) (sh) 3220 s (sh) 1455 s (oil) 989 M 2920 s (oil) 1445 s (sh) 970 (M) 2850 (s) 1375 (5 (oil) 887 w 1715 (M) (sh) 1365 s (sh) 857 w 1685 s (sh) 1255 (M) 822 (M) 1650 s 1130 (M) 760 (M) 1625 s (sh) 1104 s 720 (M) 011 1545 s Copper-free zorbonomycin B hydrochloride, when pressed into a KBr pellet, gives bands at the following wave lengths expressed in reciprocal centimeters:

3360 (S) 1540 (S) 1100 (M) 3200 (S) 1510 (S) 1050 (S) 2970 (M) 1250 (M) 1020 (M) 2930 (M) 1130 (M) 985 (M) 1650 (S) Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR): Copper-free zorbonomycin B hydrochloride has a characteristic NMR spectrum as shown in FIG. 11 of the accompanying drawing. The NMR spectrum was observed on a Varian A-60 spectrometer on a solution (ca. 0.5 ml., ca. 15% concentration) of the sample of copper-free zorbonomycin B hydrochloride in deuterium oxide (D The spectrum was calibrated against internal tetramethylsilane and the precision of the A7 was 11 c.p.s. Frequencies were recorded in c.p.s. downfield from tetramethylsilane.

ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES OF ZORBONOMYCIN B M10 in meg/ml.

Zorbono- Zorbpno- Test organisms mycin mycm B Escherichia coli 0. 1 0. 2 Klebsiella pneumoniae 0. 025 0. 025 PMMJ um I, I 200. 0 200. 0 Proteus vulqaris 6. 25 3. 12 Proteus pmirabz'lis 12. 5 6. 25 Sttahylococcus aureus. 0. 2 0. 2 Streptococcus hemolytic'us 25. 0 200. 0 Streptococcus faecalis 200. 0 200. 0 S lo typho 0.05 0.05 Salmonella paratyphi B 0. 2 0. 2 Salmonella gallinarum 0. 05 0.1 Aerohacter aeroaenes 0.89 0. 39 Sarcina lutea 25. 0 25. 0 C smmez. 0. 39 0. 2

Minimum inhibitory concentration.

ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES OF COPPER-FREE ZORBONOMYCIN AND COPPER-FREE ZOR- BONOMYCIN B Copper-free zorbonomycin The antibacterial spectrum was determined in an in vitro disc plate assay. The assay procedure is as follows: A solution of copper-free zorbonomycin was prepared at 800 ng/ml. in distilled water. Paper assay discs /2 inch-Schleicher and Schuell, Keene, NH.) were dipped zones were read after 18 hours incubation.

Zone of tub I- bition (mm.) 3' r Assay copper-tree Test organism medium zorbonomycin B. subtilia... 40 8.; am- 30 B. cereus 23 s. t .1 r 27.5 P. vulqaris... 21 E. coli 30. 5 S. aureus 28 S, llIiPll 17 M. avz'u'm D 41 K.pneumo1tiae A 32.5

'A=Streptomycin assay agar (BBL); B=Nutrient agar (BBL); O=Pen-assay seed agar (BBL); D=Brain heart infusion agar (Diico).

Copper-free zorbonomycin B The antibacterial spectrum was determined in an in Antifungal spectrum of zorbonomycin Test procedure: An agar dilution method is used. All samples to be assayed are received in mg. amounts. The material is solubilized in 1 m1. of dimethylformamide (DMF) and diluted to 10 ml. with Fungal Spectrum Broth unless complete solubility in water is noted on the screening form. The material to be tested is incorporated in melted (48 C.) Fungal Spectrum (F.S.) Agar at concentrations of 250, 25, 2.5 and 0.25 meg/ml. Fifteen m1. of agar is pipetted into a petri dish. After solidification, the surface is streaked with agar spore suspensions of human fungal pathogens. The suspensions are made by adding 10 ml. sterile distilled water to agar slants of the test organism. The slant surface is scraped with a sterile inoculating needle, and 0.5 ml. of this suspension is added to 9.5 ml. melted (48 C.) F.S. agar in an assay receptacle.

The streaked plates are incubated at 28 C. for 72 hours at which time results are recorded. Readings are by visual observation.

Fungal Spectrum Agar (gram per liter of distilled water: dextrose 10, peptone 5, yeast extract 1, agar 20, pH 6.8). Fungal Spectrum Broth has the same composition but without the agar.

Concentration (meg/ml.)

Test organisms 250 2. 5 0. 25

Blasto'myces dermatitz'dis C "-1'mmitis.

Geotrichum Sp Oryptococcua neoformons" Histoplasma capsulatum Spcrotrichum schenckii Monosporium apiospermum Trichn rubrum Trichophyto'n. violaceumur T, aeteroides.

NOTE.::=P8rtialinhibiti0n; +=Noinhibitlon; =Inhlbitlon.

THE MICROORGANISM The actinomycete used according to this invention for the production of zorbonomycin and zorbonomycin B is Stre rom ees bikiniensis var. z rbonensis sp. nova. One of its strain characteristics is the production of zorbonomycin and zorbonomycin B. A subculture of the living organism was deposited without restriction and can be obtained from the permanent collection of the Northern lllllllllll +H-lllllllli 7 8 Utilization and Research Division, Agricultural Research bonensz's had good growth on rhamnose, D-fructose, and Service, US. Department of Agriculture, Peoria, 111., lactose; moderate growth on sucrose and raffinose. S. biki- U.S.A. Its accession number in this repository is NRRL niensz's had moderate growth on rhamnose, D-fructose,

3684. I I and lactose; poor growth on sucrose and raffinose. In the The microorganism of this invention was studied and synthetic medium of Shirling and Gottlieb [International characterized by Alina Dietz of the Upjohn Research Journal of Systemic Bacteriology 16: 313-340 (1966)] Laboratory. both culture had slight growth on the negative control (basal medium without a carbon compound); good DESCRIPTION OF THE MICROORGANISM growth on the positive control (basal medium with glu- Streptomyces bikiniensz's var. zorbonensis is a new soil 10 cose); good growth on D-xylose; moderate growth on L- 18013.16 Of the genus Streptomyces. Th6 IlfiW isolate has arabinose and D-fructose; poor growth on ucrose; no e found to diflef from the YP culture Streptomyces growth on inositol, raflinose, or cellulose. S. bikinie'nsz's bikl'flien-Yl's [Soil 36161166, 64! 453-458 var. zorbonensis had good growth on rhamnose and no Experimental B101- and Medicine, 651 5 growth on D-mannitol; S. bikiniensis had moderate growth J. Bacteriol. 55: 317-326 (1948)] in its antibiotic proon b h, i

duci11g Properties a in some cultural characteristics as T emperature.-S. bikiniensis var. zorbonensis grew well noted in the following Tables. The new SO11 isolate, which at 1 37 Q on Bennetts, c Sucrose and maltosehas been Compared with the type culture Streprorfly e tryptone agars; S. bikiniensis grew well at 24-28 C. on bikiniensis and found to differ in some characteristics, is B n tt and maltose-tryptone agars; well at 18-28 C. designated Strep-tomyces bikiniensis var. zorbonensis var. 20 o c k Sucrose agan Both cultures had trace vegetanova. tive growth in 24 hours at 45 C. S. bikiniensis had trace Streptomyces bzkiniensz's var. zvrbonenszs is compared vegetative growth i 24 hours at 55 C With the i/P Species Streptomyces bikiniensis [JOhIlStOIle The characteristics of Streptomyces bikinicnsis var. urand Waksman, supra] ATCC 11062. bonensis var. nova, NRRL 3684, are given in the follow- Color characteristics.-Aer1al growth gray to grayish 25 i bk f Melamn Posmve Appearance on f i F Table 1: Appearance of S. bikiniensis Cultures on Ektagiven in Table 1. Reference color characteristics are given chrome arable The cultures may be m y (GY) Table 2: Reference Color Characteristics of S. bikiniensis series of Tresner and Backus [Applied MlClOblOl. 11: Cultures Table 3: Cultural Characteristics of S. bikiniensis Cultures Microscopic characterist1cs.-Sporophores long, straight v TABLE 1 (RF) in the sense of Pridham et al. [Applied MlClOblOl. [Appearance of S bikimmsis cultures on Ektachmme '1 6: 52-79 (1958)]. Spores large, more than 50 per chain. s bikimmis S bikimemia Spores smooth, irregular in size by direct electron micro- Agar medium vjzomommis A'TCC 11062 scope examination. Spore surface ridged with much sur- Bennett's; face detail by the carbon replication method of Dietz and i gg gggr Mathews [Applied Microbiol. 10: 258-263 (1962); 16: g k g' if 'gg G 935-941 (1968)]. my

---- R Colo less C l l 5. Cultural characteristics-See Table 3. Maltose-tryptone: r 0 or as Carbon utilization-In the synthetic medium of Prld- 40 i, Sig gigham and Gottlieb [J. Bacteriol, 56: 107-114 (1948)] oggigg'ri, both cultures had slight growth on the control (synthetic S Gray Gray- R Brown Brown. medium with no carbon compound added); good growth 0 1%tyrosine; on D-xylose, L-arabinose, D-galactose, D-glucose, D- i g Gray- 5111 Tan. mannose, maltose, cellobiose, dextrm, soluble starch, Casein Starch; glycerol, salicin, sodium acetate, sodium citrate, and soa $31-- gig!- dlum silccmate; 9 rate growth on dulcltql ltol Dietz, A., Ektachrome Transparencies as Aids in Actinomyccte h and 1110511301; sllght growth on 111111111, P Classification," Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 60; 152- sodium formate, sodium tartrate; no growth on cresol, 50- 15411954- dium oxalate, or sodium salicylate. S. bikiniensis var. zor- 50 Nora.s=Sur ac v TABLE 2 [Reference color characteristics of S. bikim'ensz's cultures] Color Harmony Manual, 3d ed., 1948 (5) NBS Circular 553, 1955 (9) S. biki'm'enaz': var. S. bikim'ensis S. bikinieqtsis var. S. bikimemis Agar medium zorbonemz's ATCC 11062 zorbonenszs ATCC 11062 Bennett's:

21c covert gray 2fe covert gray 94g light olive brown, 112gm 94g light ohve brown, 112gm light olive gray. light olive gray. R- 2ge covert tan, griege 2gc bamboo, chamois 94%1 fight oliv b r own, 109gm gm grayish yellow. I

. g grams 0 ve. P li ec putty- 2ge covert tan, griege 90gm grayish yellow, 93m 94m light olive brown, 109- yellowish gray gm light grayish olive. Cza eks sucrose: 1

g 2i'e covert gray 3dc natural 94g light olive brown, 1i2gm light olive gray. R 2ge covert tan, griege 3dc natural 94m light olive brown, 109gm grayish olive. P- Maltose-tr tone: I

S- 3 2fe covert gray 2ie covert gray 94g light olive brown, 112gm 94g light olive brown, 1i2gm light olive gray. light olive gray. 3.; 31g adobe brown, cinnamon 2ie light mustard to 31g 77gm moderate yellowish brown. 91gm dark grayish yellow,

brown, light brown. adobe brown, cinnamon 94g light olive brown, 106g brown, light brown. light olive to 77gm moderate yellowish brown. P 3ig beige brown 3ge beige, camel 80m grayish yellowish brown, 76gm light yellowish brown.

g moderate olive brown. I Yeast extract-malt extract (TSP-2):

S Bie silver gray 3ie silver gray 63gm light brownish gray 63gm light brownish gray. R 3ie camel, maple sugar, tan... 3ie camel, maple sugar, tan..- 76m light yellowish brown. 76m light yellowish brown,

- 77g moderate yellowish 77g moderate yellowish brown. brown. P 3ge beige, camel ..3ig beige brown, mist brown. 76grn light yellowish brown- 80m grayish yellowish brown.

95g moderate olive brown.

TABLE 2-Continued S. b'ilcim'en-sis var. S. bikim'ensis NBS Circular 553, 19:55 9

s. bikim'ensis m. s. bikimensis Agar medium zorbonensis ATCC 11062 p zorbonensis ATCC 11062 Oatmeal (ISP-3): i

S 3fe silver gray 3fe silver gray 63gm lightbrownish gray 63gm light brownish gray. R 2ee bi euit, ecru, oatmeal, 2ge bamboo, chamois 90gm grayish yellow 90gm grayish yellow.

san P 3ec bisque, light beig 79gm light grayish yellowish brown, 90g grayish yellow. Inorganic-salts starch (ISP-4):

S 2fe covert gray 2fe covert gray- 94g light olive brown, 112gm 94g light olive brown, 112gm light olive gray. light olive gray. t il 'ge light olive gray 2go bamboo, chamois. 109gm light grayish olive 90gm grayish yellow. Glycerol asparagine S. 3fe silver gray-... 63gm light brownish gray R 2ie light mustard t 2ig slate tan. illgm dark grayish yellow, 94g 110g grayish olive, 112m light lilght olive brown, 106g light olive gray.

ve. P 2ec biscuit, ecru oatmeal, 2ec blgcuit, ecru, oatmeal, 90gm grayish yellow- 90gm grayish yellow:

NorE.-S=Surface; R=Reverse; P=Pigment. All data using matte surface of chips.

TABLE 3 20 TABLE 3Continued S. bikiniemis v. S. bikiniensis ATCC Cultural characteristics of S. bzktmemis zorbommis 11062 S. bikiniensis v. S. bikiniemis ATCC Broth media: zorbzmensra 11062 syngheflc nitrate: T hit 11 1 T mt r1 1 n I808 gray-w 880 8 racew 888 a O gi g on surface peliicle. surface pellicle.

p Gm Gray P Pale yellow Pale yellow.

' i; 0 Floccultcgrtbbrittqm t Floccule ntlg ttqm t "1" row iraeno grow raeno elamn posltive Melanin posmva' geduced to nitrite reduced to nitrite 50%, nitrate reduced 50%, nitrate reduced Gray-tan.

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Trace gray-pink Gray-pink. Tambrowm The new compound of the invention is produced when P Red-tan..-.. Red-tan. the elaborating organism is grown In an aqueous nutrient T Casem Solublhzed Casein S1ubmze medium under submerged aerobic conditions. It is to Gray Gram 40 be understood also that for the preparation of limited R Brown in center; Brown in t r; amounts, surface cultures and bottles can be employed. 331 53.323? ml The organism is grown in a nutrient medium containing a P g ll v v pigm gii u nu g ll ry-t n pig nt. carbon source, for example, an assimilable carbohydrate, x 1,; yms 1 R ymsme and a nitrogen source, for example, an assimiiable nitroa s Gray. gen compound or proteinaceous material. Preferred carcreanrwith bmwn gifgg bmwn- 'bon sources include glucose, brown sugar, sucrose, glyco xantmhsbifi'uiiiaiiji Xanthine solubilized. sta cornstarch, lactose, t molasses, and Yeast extractthe like. Preferred nitrogen sources include com steep g extract Gray Gray liquor, yeast, autolyzed brewers yeast with mrlk sohds, R- Tenn I".-. Tan-brown soybean meal, cottonseed meal, cornmeal, milk SOlldS, P Pale yellow'tan' pancreatic digest of casein, distillers solubles, animal pep- 3? Stare Gray tone liquors, meat and bone scraps, and the like. Com- 1 gream flrith wn 1( lriiamivlvith brown. binations of these carbon and nitrogen sources can be 88 e OW ae e OW.

hydrolyze hydrolyzei used advantageously. Trace metals, for example, Zinc, magnesium, manganese, cobalt, iron and the like need not $53 ggi tan be added to the fermentation medium since tap water and P Q: I: jj n unpurified ingredients are used as medium components. Czapek's sucrose: G Production of the compound of the invention can be S ray ray P Pale yellow-tan Pale tan. Peptone-yeast extract-iron (ISP-6):

- Blue-gray.

Brown. Tan-brown. Tyrosine (ISP-7):

S Gr Gray. R. Yellow-gray... Yellow-tan. P Trace yellow Trtace yellow-pinkan. Gelatin media:

Plain:

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P Tan Tan. 0 Liquifaction complete... Liquefaction complete.

eifected at any temperature conducive to satisfactory growth of the microorganism, for example, between about 18 and 40 C., and preferably between about 20 and 32 C. Ordinarily, optimum production of the compound is obtained in about 2 to 10 days. The medium normally remains weakly acidic (pH 5.57.0) during the fermentation. The final pH is dependent, in part on the buffers present, if any, and in part on the initial pH of the culture medium which is advantageously adjusted to about pH 7.0 prior to sterilization.

When growth is carried out in large vessels and tanks, it is preferable to use the vegetative form, rather than the spore form, of the microorganism for inoculation to avoid a pronounced lag in the production of the new compound and the attendant inefiicient utilization of the equipment. Accordingly, it is desirable to produce a vegetative inoculum in a nutrient broth culture by inoculating this broth culture with an aliquot from a soil orndilferent from, that utilized fortheproductionof the new compound, as long as it is such that a good growth of the microorganism is obtained.

The new compound of the invention, zorb considered to be an a'mphoteric compound. The presence of basic groups in the zorbonomycin molecule is evidenced by the adsorption of the antibiotic on cationic exchange resin. When the pH of an aqueous solution of zorbonomycin is adjusted to about 3.5, the antibiotic precipitates out of the solution. To explain this behaviour of zorbonomycin, it is assumed that acidic group(s) are present in the molecule and that at about a pH of about 3.5 the antibiotic is present in an internal ion form which has limited solubility in water. Zorbonomycin as the hydrochloride salt is highly soluble in water and methanol. It has limited solubilities in absolute ethanol and other lower alcohols. It is relatively insoluble in acetone, ethyl acetate, chlorinated hydrocarbons, and saturated hydrocarbon solvents.

Zorbonomycin B has the same solubility properties as zorbonomycin.

A variety of procedures can be employed in the isolation and purification of zorbonomycin and zorbonomycin B, for example, absorption procedures followed by elution with a suitable solvent, and column chromatography.

In a preferred recovery process, zorbonomycin and zorbonomycin B are recovered from their culture medium by separation of the mycelia and undissolved solids by conventional means, such as by filtration or by centrifugation. The antibiotics are then removed from the filtered or centrifuged broth by passage over a resin, advantageously, a non-ionic macro-porous copolymer of styrene cross-linked with divinylbenzene. (The resin is prepared by suspension polymerization of styrene divinylbenzene copolymers in the presence of a substance which is a good solvent for the copolymer. See J.A.C.S. 74, 306, 1962. Suitable resins are known by the trade names Amberlite XAD-l and Amberlite XAD-Z; Rohm & Haas Co.) After washing the resin column with water, the column is eluted with a suitable solvent, for example, aqueous acetone in varying percentages. The acetone eluates are combined and concentrated by freeze drying to give a crude preparation of zorbonomycin and zorbonomycin B. This preparation can be used in environments where separation of zorbonomycin from zorbonomycin B is not necessary and purified antibiotic is not considered essential.

Further purification of the mixture of zorbonomycin and zorbonomycin B, described above, can be achieved by a precipitation process. In such a process, the crude preparation of zorbonomycin and zorbonomycin B, disclosed above, is suspended, advantageously, in absolute methanol. The mixture is then filtered and the filtrate concentrated. The pH is adjusted to about 6.2 with a mineral acid, for example, aqueous hydrochloric acid, and the mixture again concentrated. The concentrate is then mixed with acetone. The precipitate which forms is removed by centrifugation. The remaining filtrate is mixed with a solvent in which zorobonomyciri and zorobonomycin B are not soluble, for example, acetone, and the precipitated material which forms again is removed by filtration, washed with acetone and Skellys'olve- B (isomeric hexanes), and dried in vacuo to give a relatively pure preparation of zorbonomycin and zorbonomycin B. This preparation can be purified further by passing the preparation, after dissolving the same inwater and methanol, over a cationicf exchange resin, for example, IRC-SO, advantageously in the ammonium ion form. The column is then eluted with a solvent for zorbonomycin and zorbonomycin B, for example, aqueous ammonium chloride. The ammonium chloride in the eluates can be removed by the use is transferred v of anon-ionic macro-porous resin, as described previously. "For example, the ammonium chloride eluates can be mixe'dwith' cupric chloride and this mixture then passed 'onomycin, is

overAmberlite XAD-2 resin. The column can be eluted with water and the aqueous freeze dried to give a preparation rich in zorbonomycin containing small amountsof zorbonomycin B. This preparation can'be used in environments where the highly purified antibiotic is not considered essential.

Preparations containing zorbonomycin and zorbonomycin B can be subjected .to further column chromatography to separate the antibiotics. For example, upon passing a solution of a preparation containing zorbonomycin and zorbonomycin B through a column containing CM Sephadex-C-25 (Pharmacia Fine Chemicals, Inc.) and eluting the column with aqueous ammonium chloride, there are obtained eluates containing only zorbonomycin, and eluates containing only zorbonomycin B. The pure antibiotics can be isolated from the eluates by first removing the ammonium chloride, as described previously, then concentrating and freeze drying the eluates.

Other adsorbents which can be used to separate zorbonomycin from zorbonomycin B, as described above are cation exchangers, for example, sulfonic acid Sephadex (Pharmacia, Uppsala, Sweden) and the like adsorbents, for example, cellulose and the like, or mixtures thereof.

Column fractions containing the separated antibiotics, as described above, as well as final preparations of the antibiotics, are analyzed by thin-layer chromatography to ascertain purity. The thin-layer chromatography is conducted using a system MN-Polygram GEL-300 (20 x 20 cm, (Brink-mann Instruments, Inc.) 0.1 M NH CI in H O, pH 7.5 (NH OH), and bioautographed on a B. subtilz's seeded agar tray. Zorbonomycin has an R; of .4-.5 on this system, whereas zorbonomycin B has an R; of 2-3.

Zorbonomycin and zorbonomycin B also can be recovered from fermentation beers containing the same by use of carbon adsorption techniques. For example, the filtrate from a fermentation beer can be passed through a column containing activated carbon. The column can be eluted with acetone and the acetone eluates can then be adsorbed on a cation exchange resin, as described above in the preferred recovery process. The remaining process steps would then be the same as the preferred process to recover pure zorbonomycin and zorbonomycin B.

Another process which can be used to recover zorbono mycin and zorbonomycin B from a fermentation beer containing the same is to first defat the filtered fermentation beer with a defatting agent, for example, Skellysolve B (isomeric hexanes), then extract the defatted beer with a liquid ion exchanger. Suitable exchangers are sodium dinonylnaphthalene sulfonate to transfer the antibiotic activities from the defatted beer to an organic solvent, and t-octylamine to transfer and concentrate the antibiotics from the organic solvent to water. Following this operation there are obtained preparations rich in zorbonomycin and zorbonomycin B. The separation of these entities can be accomplished by the chromatography procedure over CM-Sephadex (C-25) as described above in the preferred recovery process.

Since zorbonomycin and zorbonomycin B are amphoteric substances, they form salts with acids, alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, and amines. Metal salts can be prepared by dissolving zorbonomycin or zorbonomycin B in water, adding a dilute metal base until the pH of the solution is about 7 to 8, and freeze-drying the solution to provide a dried residue consisting of zorbonomycin metal salt. Zorbonomycin and zorbonomycin B metal salts include the sodium, potassium, and calcium salts. Amine salts, including those with organic bases such as primary, secondary, and tertiary mono-, di-, and polyamines also can be formed using the above-described or'other commonly employed procedures. Other salts are obtained with therapeutically effective bases which impart additional therapeutic effects thereto. Such bases are, for example,

which are capable of forming salts with weak acids; PYI'l'... dine compounds such as nicotinic acid amide, isonicotinic acid hydrazide, and the like; phenylalkylamines such as adrenalin, ephedrin, and the like; choline, and others.

Acid salts can be made by neutralizing zorbonomycin or zorbonomycin B with the appropriate acid to below about pH 7.0, and advantageously to about pH 2 to pH 6. Suitable acids for this purpose include hydrochloric, "sulfuric, phosphoric, and the like. Salts of copper-free zorbonomycin and copper-free zorbonomycin B also can be made by the above-described procedures. Acid and base salts of zorbonomycin, zorbonomycin B, copper-free zorbonomycin and copper-free zorbonomycin B can be used for the same biological purposes as the parent compounds.

Zorbonomycin, zorbonomycin B and their copper-free forms are active against Escherichia coli and can be used to reduce, arrest, and eradicate slime production in papermill systems caused by their antibacterial action against this microorganism. They can also be used to prolong the life of cultures of T richomonas foetus, T richomonas hominis, and Trichomomas vagirialis by freeing them of Escherichia coli contamination. Zorbonomycin can be used as the antifungal agent in the shoe upper disclosed in US. Pat. 3,130,505. Also, since zorbonomycin is active against Cryptococcus neoformans, it can be used to treat pigeon roosts to inhibit this fungus which has been found in pigeon droppings (Journal of the American Medical Association, Volume 191, No. 4, Jan. 25, 1965, pages 269-274). Further, the novel compounds of the invention can be used to swab laboratory benches and equipment in a microbiological laboratory.

When the previously described liquid ion exchange process is used to recover zorbonomycin and zorbonomycin B, there is also recovered a basic polysaccharidelike material which by acid hydrolysis yields D-fucosamine (2-amino-6-deoxygalactose). D-fucosamine can be isolated as the crystalline hydrochloride. D-fucosamine is a well known compound which can be used (1) in studies involving genetics of microorganisms where D-fucosamine is a genetic marker, (2) in the organic synthesis of new antibiotics where the aminosugar moiety of known antibiotics is replaced with D-fucosamine, and (3) for the preparation of a compound of the formula rig.

Part A: Fermentation A soil stock of Streptomyces bikiniensis var. zorbonensis NRRL 3684, is used to inoculate SOO-ml. Erlenmeyer seed flasks containing 100 ml. of sterile medium consisting of the following ingredients:

G. Glucose monohydrate 25 Pharmamedia* 25 Tap water q.s. 1 liter.

lowing ingredients:

Glucose monohydrate ..g./liter 10 Cornstarch g./liter 20 Calcium carbonate g./liter 5 Ammonium sulfate g./liter 3 Distillers solubles g./liter 15 Corn oil ml 2 Ucon LB 625 (a polyalkylene glycol synthetic defoaming fluid supplied by Union Carbide Chem. Co.) ml 2 Tap water q.s. to 1 liter.

The pre-sterilization pH is adjusted to 7.2 with aqueous NaOI-I. The fermentation flasks are inoculated at the rate of 5 m1. of seed inoculum/ml. of fermentation medium. The fermentation flasks are grown for 5-6 days at a temperature of 28 C. on a Gump rotary shaker operating at 250 r.p.m. Maximum production of zorbonomycin in a flask fermentation is generally realized around the fifth day after which the titer of the antibiotic gradually drops off. In a typical shake flask fermentation, the shake flask beer assays 28.6 B.U./ml. of zorbonomycin after 4 days; 48 B.U./ml. of zorbonomycin after 5 days, and 21.4 B.U./ ml. of zorbonomycin after 6 days of fermentation time. The fermentation assay used above is an agar diffusion-disc plate method using the microorganism Bacillus subtilis. The agar medium is buffered with 0.1 M phosphate buffer at a pH of 7.85. A biounit of activity (B.U.) is defined as that quantity of antibiotic necessary to achieve a 20 mm. zone of inhibition from a /2 inch disc treated with 0.08 ml. of test solution.

Part B: Extraction Whole beer (5000 liters) from a scaled-up fermentation, as described above, is filtered with the aid of diatomaceous earth. The filter cake is discarded. The clear beer is passed through a column containing Amberlite XAD-2 resin (a non-ionic macro-porous copolymer of styrene cross-linked with divinylbenzene) at a flow rate of approximately 13 liters/minute. The spent beer is discarded. The column is washed with Water and the aqueous wash is discarded. The column is then eluted with 440 liters of 5% aqueous acetone and the eluate fractionvis discarded. The column is then eluted with 300 liters of 50% aqueous acetone and Fraction I is collected.

The column is next eluted with an additional 100 liters of 50% aqueous acetone and Fraction H is collected. Fractions I and II are combined and adjusted to pH 8.5 with aqueous sodium hydroxide. This solution is con- 1 centrated to an aqueous solution in vacuo. The concentained a standard curve assay against the micro organism Klebsiella pneumoniae'.)

The assay'is conducted on a medium called Seed Agar (Baltimore Biological Laboratories, Baltimore, Md.) or

Penassay Seed Agar (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.)

which is adjusted to pH 9.5 before autoclaving. The medium is inoculated at 48 C. with 0.05% suspension of Klebsiella pneumoniae containing about 10 cells/ ml. The

plate is incubated at 37 C. The standard and test materials are dissolved and diluted with 0.1 M pH 7.9 potassium phosphate buffer. Each test and standard solution is applied to four /2 inch paper assay discs (Schleicher and Schuell 740E) at 0.08 ml. per disc. The assay plates are then incubated at 37 C. for 16-18 hours. The four zones of inhibition for each solution are averaged, and the potencies of the test solutions are determined from a standard curve plotted on zone diameter vs. log concentration.

One K.p. unit is defined as 1 mcg. of the reference standard/ml.

The above freeze-dried preparation of zorbonomycin is suspended in approximately 45 liters of absolute methanol. The mixture is filtered using diatomaceous earth as a filter aid. The filtrate is concentrated to a volume of 12 liters, adjusted to a pH of 6.2 (using 40' ml. of 12 N aqueous hydrochloric acid) and then concentrated again to a volume of 2900 ml. This concentrate is mixed with 1450 ml. of acetone. The precipitate formed is removed by centrifugation. The filtrate is mixed with 30 liters of acetone. The precipitated material is allowed to stand at room temperature for 12 hours; it is then isolated by filtration and Washed with 8 liters of acetone followed by a wash with 6 liters of Skellysolve B (isomeric hexanes). The isolated material is dried in vacuo to give 520 g. of a preparation of zorbonomycin assaying 7400- l1,700 K.p. units/mg. This preparation is then passed over a IRC-50 (cation exchange resin) chromatography column in the ammonium ion form. The internal diameter of the column is 6.2 cm. and 7 liters of IRC-50 are used to prepare the column. The zorbonomycin preparation, described above, 500 g., is dissolved in 25 l. of water and 10 l. of methanol. The solution is adjusted to pH 6.0 with aqueous hydrochloric acid. This solution is passed through the column at a flow rate of 150 ml./ minute. The spent is collected in two fractions designated Spent-1 and Spent-2. The column is then washed with 60 liters of water. The aqueous wash is collected in three fractions designated Water-l, Water-2 and Water-3. The column is then washed with 16 liters of aqueous ammonia prepared by diluting concentrated ammonia 1:20. The efiluent is collected in 4 liter fractions designated as Ammonia-1, -2, -3, and Ammonia-4. The column is then eluted with 30 liters of aqueous ammonium chloride. The efiluent is collected in 4 liter fractions. Fractions are designated as Ammonium Chloride-1, -2, etc. All fractions obtained are tested for 'bioactivity against K. pneumoniae, B. subtilis, and S. aureus on an agar diffusion-disc plate assay, as described above. The results of these tests are given in zone size wherein a paper disc of 6.35 mm. is used in the assay.

Fractions Ammonium Chloride-1 through Ammonium Chloride-8 are combined and adjusted to pH 8.5. This solution is then passed through a column containing 2 kg. of Amberlite XAD-2 resin. The spent is collected in 8 4-liter fractions. All 8 fractions are inactive against K. pneumoniae, B. subtilis, and S. aureus. The column is then washed 16 with 6 l. of water and twelve fractions of .500 ml. each are collected. These fractions are designated Water-1 to Water-12 successively; activity results follow:

Zone size (mm.)

The column is then eluted with 6 lrof 50% aqueous acef tone. The eluates are collected in two 3-liter fractions. Thefollowing pools are made. Each pool is concentrated to an aqueous solution (if needed) and the concentrate is freeze-dried. Pool I from aqueous fractions 5-8 yields 2.3 g. of relatively pure zorbonomycin. Pool II from'aqueous fractions 9-12 yields 2.6 g. of relatively pure zorbonomycin. These preparations are isolated as blue-colored amorphous materials.

The above preparations of zorbonomycin are separated into pure preparations of zorbonomycin and zorbonomycin B by subjecting the preparations to CM-Sephadex chromatography. CM-Sephadex-C-25 40-120 microns,

Pharmacia Fine Chemicals, Inc., g.) is mixed with 2.0 l. of 0.05 M NH Cl in water and adjusted to pH 7.3 with NH OH. The gel is allowed to swell overnight and then packed into a glass chromatography tube to a constant dimension of 4.7 cm. x 79 cm. with flowing 0.05 M NH Cl (pH 7.3). The preparations of zorbonomycin, described above, are combined (4.35 g.) and dissolved in 5.0 m1. of 0.05 M NH Cl (pH 7.5) solution and p'acked into the top of the prepared CM-Sephadexcolumn, described above. This starting material is composed of a mix ture of zorbonomycin and zorbonomycin B. zorbonomycin is the chief component. Following the introduction of the starting material, the column is developed ata flow rate of 5 ml./minute with the following volumes and ionic strengths of developers. i

' Developing Fractions (Volume=18 ml. each): r

1 through 65 (1170 ml. total)--- 0.05 M NH C1 in H O, pH 7.5.

66 through 586 (9360 mL-total)-.. .15 M NH CI in H O, pH 7.5.

587 through 886, (5382 ml. to- .30 M NH Cl in tal) H O, pH 7.5.

Every fifth fraction is dip-spotted with 6.35 mm. assay discs on trays seeded with B. subtilis and incubated overnight at 37 C.

Column fractions and final preparations of zorbonomycin are analyzed by thin-layer chromatography. The thinlayer chromatography system is MN-Polygram Gel-300 (20 x 20 cm. Brinkmann Instruments, Inc, Westbury, N.Y. 11590) 0.1 M NH Cl in H O, pH ,7.5 (NHiOH) andbioautographed on B. 'subtilis seeded tray. Quantities of fractions applied to the cellulose films range from2X for the less potent B. siubtilis fractions to as'little as 0.1). for the more potent fractions (fractions 440-490). Fractions 505-535 (identified as 'A) require 0.5x. Analysis show that fractions 350-490 contain zorbonomycin in quantities roughly proportionalto .their B. subtilis activity. Based on thin-layer chromatography, B. subtilis zones of inhibition, and color, the greatest share and the most pure zorbonomycin is obtained in fractions 401-494, therefore, these fractions are combined. This zorbonomycin pool has a volume of 1650 ml. and shows U.V. maxima solvent 17 at 244 m (A=32.4) and 295 m (A=l0.2). Based on the U.V. absorption at 244 m this pool contains approximately 3.04 g. of pure zorbonomycin.

The pool of fractions 401-494, obtained as described above from the CM-Sephadex column, is passed through an Amberlite XAD-Z resin (200 ml.) at a flow rate of 8 ml./minute. The zorbonomycin is retained by the resin and the ammonium chloride effluent is discarded. [Excess reagents and impurities are removed from new Amberlite XAD-2 resin prior to its use in the purification of zorbonomycin as follows: The fine particles are first decanted and discarded with water. The remaining resin (200 ml.) is washed column-fashion with water (400 ml.), followed by acetone (800 ml.), followed by acetone-water (1:1, 400 ml.), and followed finally by water alone (800 ml.).] According to the blue color retained on the column, approximately 0.8 of the resin is used for the absorption of zorbonomycin. The Amberlite XAD2 column (on which zorbonomycin has been absorbed) is then washed with 180 ml. of water. Zorbonomycin is then eluted with acetone-water (1:1, 250 ml.). The eluate is concentrated in vacuo to an aqueous solution which is clarified by filtration and freeze dried; yield, 2.31 g. of pure zorbonomycin.

Thin-layer chromatography of fractions 505- 35 (identified as A), obtained from the Amberlite XAD-2 resin, described above, disclose the presence of another substance whose mobility is less than that of zorbonomycin. These fractions are faintly blue in color. Fractions 505-535 are combined (volume=530 ml., U.V. max. at 240 mp, A=1.97, and at 290 m A=1.54) and passed through 5 ml. of prepared Amberlite XAD-Z resin at a flow rate of 0.2 mL/minute. The efiiuent is discarded. The ammonium chloride solution which remains on the column is displaced with water and the antibiotic is eluted from the resin with 25 ml. of acetone-water (1:1). The eluate is concentrated in vacuo to an aqueous solution and freezedried; yield, '45 mg. of zorbonomycin B.

EXAMPLE 2 Copper-free zorbonomycin Zorbonomycin (500 mg.) prepared as described in Example 1, is dissolved in 50 ml. of absolute methanol. Hydrogen sulfide is bubbled into the blue-colored solution of zorbonomycin until the blue color has been replaced by a dark brown color of the precipitated copper sulfide. The precipitated material is separated by filtration and discarded. The filtrate is concentrated to a volume of ml. This solution is then mixed with approximately 1 l. of ether. The precipitated colorless, copper-free zorbonomycin is isolated by filtration and dried; yield, 371 mg. of copper-free zorbonomycin.

EXAMPLE 3 Copper-free zorbonomycin B Zorbonomycin B (1.0 g.), prepared as described in Example 1, is dissolved in 100 ml. of absolute methanol. Hydrogen sulfide is introduced into the solution for 30 minutes. The precipitated copper sulfide is removed by filtration. The slightly yellow filtrate is then mixed with 1 l. of ether. Copper-free zorbonomycin B is then precipitated and isolated by filtration. This material is dried to give 800 mg. of copper-free zorbonomycin B.

EXAMPLE 4 Preparation of D-fucosamine Whole beer (approximately 4700 liters), obtained from a zorbonomycin fermentation as described in Example 1, is filtered using 4% diatomaceous earth as filter aid. The cake is discarded. The clear filtrate (4500 liters) is mixed with 25 kg. of NaSul SS (a 50% solution of sodium dinonyl naphthalene sulfonate) and the mixture is slurried for 12 hours. Diatomaceous earth, 25 kg., is then added to the mixture and the resulting slurry is filtered over an additional 25 kg. of diatomaceous earth. The filtrate is discarded. The cake is slurried in 400 l. of methylene chloride, 200 l. of water, and 15 kg. of Aliquot 336 (tricaprylmethyl-ammonium chloride for 1 hour. The slurry is then filtered. The methylene chloride phase is separated and washed with A of its volume of water. The water wash is added to the aqueous phase and the solution is adjusted to pH 6.0 and washed with /3 of its volume of methylene chloride. The aqueous extract is then adjusted to pH 6.5, concentrated to 15 liters and freezedried. The dry residue was triturated with a minimum amount of absolute methanol. Material insoluble in methanol was separated by filtration and dried (339 g.). The methanolic filtrate is mixed with 4 volumes of acetone. The resulting precipitated material is isolated by filtration and dried; yield, 870 g. of material labeled Material A. An additional 317.2 g. of material were obtained in the same manner as Material A. This 317.2 g. plus 630 g. of Material A are combined to give 947.5 g. of material from which D-fucosamine is isolated by acid hydrolysis as follows: 10 g. of this material is dissolved in 200 ml. of 6 N aqueous hydrochloric acid (other mineral acids, for example, H and H PO can be used). The solution is heated on a steam bath for 12 hours and then concentrated to dryness. The residue is dissolved in ml. of water and the resulting strongly colored solution is decolorized with 4 g. of activated carbon. The decolorized solution is concentrated to a small volume (3 ml.) and mixed with 20 ml. of 95% aqueous ethanol. (Other lower alkanols, for example, methanol and butanol can be used). The resulting precipitated material (inorganic salt) is removed by filtration. The filtrate is concentrated to a viscous material which is then triturated with ethanol. The crystalline material which forms is isolated by filtra' tion and dried; yield, 760 mg. The procedure described above is applied on 10 more grams of material to give 1.0 g. of material. This latter material is recrystallized from 10 ml. of water, 10 ml. of absolute ethanol, and 1 l. of acetone; yield, 850 mg. This 850 mg. is combined with the 7 60 mg., obtained as described above, and char acterized by various physical and chemical tests to show the identity of the material to be that of D-fucosamine.

Analytical.Found: C, 35.11; H, 6.84; N, 6.68; Cl, 18.79; 0 (by dif.) 32.58. Calcd for: C H N() ,-HCl: C, 36.03; H, 7.07; N, 7.02; Cl, 17.82; 0, 32.16.

Potentiometric tritration: Tritration in water shows the presence of a basic group with plKa of 7.3.

Melting point: Material turns dark at -172 (unc.) and decomposes completely at C. (unc.).

Specific rotation: [a] +113 (0., 0.997, water) when the rotation is measured immediately after the prep aration of the solution. The specific rotation decreases with time and reaches a constant value of +90 after 1 hour.

U.V. spectrum: No maxima between 220-400 mg.

Color reactions: Gives positive ninhydrin and Fehling reactions.

We claim:

1. Antibiotic zorbonomycin having the following char acteristics:

(a) is effective in inhibiting the growth of various fungi and Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria; and as its hydrochloride salt,

(b) has a characteristic infrared absorption spectrum as shown in FIG. 1 of the accompanying drawing;

(c) has a characteristic ultraviolet absorption spectrum as shown in FIG. 2 of the accompanying drawing;

(d) has a characteristic optical rotary dispersion curve in water as shown in FIG. 3 of the accompanying drawing;

(e) has a characteristic optical rotary dispersion curve in methanol as shown in FIG. 4 of the accompanying drawing; 

